Drillia enae
| Drillia enae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. enae |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia enae (P. Bartsch, 1934) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Drillia enae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 17 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Puerto Rico at depths between 73 m and 146 m.
References
- ↑ Bartsch, P. (1934) Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep; new mollusks of the family Turritidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91, 1–29, 8 pls.
- 1 2 Drillia enae (Bartsch, 1934). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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